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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare disorder that affects all tissues, except reticuloendothelial tissues, and seldom causes a myelomatous pleural effusion. A 56-year-old male patient attended our clinic complaining of shortness of breath and fatigue for the past month. A posteroanterior chest
A 65-year-old woman was referred to our department because of general fatigue and anorexia for one month. The patient has received anti-rheumatoid therapy with aurothiomalate and bucillamine for the last two years for rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed 11 years earlier. Based on her systemic arthralgia,
We report an elderly case with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Four years after left lung upper lobectomy due to lung cancer by the video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), an 81 year-old patient complained of general fatigue and appetite loss. Although he did not exhibit fever or respiratory
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed chemotherapy combined with intrapleural injection of pemetrexed and bevacizumab in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)-mediated malignant pleural effusion, and analyze the objective
BACKGROUND
Eosinophilic pleural effusion in elderly patients is most commonly due to malignancies and infections.
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In rare cases, pleural eosinophilia is associated with connective tissue disease.
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Presence of Hargraves cells, also called lupus erythematosus (LE) cells
Various complications related to gastrointestinal system, central nervous system, and skeletal system may be observed during typhoid fever, but splenic abscess and pleural effusion are rarely encountered. A 12-year-old boy was admitted with fever, fatigue and pallor. On examination he had
Adult onset Still's disease is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder. At the onset of the disease sore throat, pharyngitis; which does not respond to antibiotics, one or two times peaking febrile episodes, marked salmon-colored rash on the trunk and extremities, arthralgia, arthritis, myalgia,
Malignant pleural effusion (PE) and ascites are associated with highly symptomatic, advanced-stage cancers. These fluid accumulations cause severe symptoms such as abdominal distention, shortness of breath, cachexia, anorexia, and fatigue. Malignant PE and ascites have consistently been shown to
The patient was a 75-year-old female with a history of no smoking. Under a diagnosis of lung cancer, she underwent a right lower lobectomy in March 2008. She was started on oral Uracil-Tegafur (UFT) (400 mg/day) from April and in May developed fatigue, respiratory discomfort, and tachycardiac atrial
BACKGROUND Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory condition of the mesentery. The main symptoms include abdominal pain, abdominal distention, weight loss, fever, nausea, and vomiting. The patients also present with chylous ascites in 14% of the cases and chylous pleural
Hydralazine induced lupus syndrome (HILS), a form of Drug-Induced Lupus (DIL), was first reported in 1953. Since then, studies have shown an increasing incidence of HILS. It presents with lupus-like symptoms such as arthralgia, fever, chest pain, anorexia, fatigue, petechiae, and rash. Though rare,
BACKGROUND
Refractory pleural effusion in systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis without cardiac decompensation is rarely reported and has a poor prognosis in general (a median survival of 1.6 months). Moreover, the optimum treatment for this condition is still undecided. This is the first
Although corticosteroids are widely used to relieve cancer-related fatigue (CRF), information regarding the factors predicting responses to corticosteroids remains limited.
The aim of this study was to identify potential factors predicting responses to corticosteroids for CRF in advanced cancer
In a prospective study, we investigated whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alters the clinical presentation in patients with tuberculous pleuritis. One hundred twelve of 118 patients who presented with pleural effusion suffered from tuberculosis (TB); 65 patients (58%) were HIV